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FactCheck: were the Greek wildfires caused by climate change?
This summer has already been marked as another year with record-breaking heat right across the globe, from China to North Africa and North America to Europe. In the past week at least 34 people died from spreading wildfires in Algeria, while in the Greek island of Rhodes thousands were evacuated due to wildfires following extreme…
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“China and the US … need to join together” in fight against climate crisis says Victor Gao
Victor Gao is vice president of the Beijing-based think tank – the Center for China and Globalisation.
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‘China not a threat’ to G7 group or its members, says Victor Gao
Leaders of some of the world’s most advanced economies who are meeting in Japan have no shortage of thorny problems to discuss.
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China begins three days of military patrol around Taiwan
China is staging three days of “combat readiness” patrols around Taiwan – sending military resources towards the island to practice encircling it. Beijing, which claims Taiwan is a breakway province – staged the drills after the Taiwanese president promised to continue working with the United States and other democracies following a meeting with the speaker…
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Ukraine war: Emmanuel Macron urges Xi Jinping to stop Russia
French president Emmanuel Macron has urged his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to help stop Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Chinese President visits Putin in Russia
Vladimir Putin has described the Chinese President as his “dear friend” as he welcomed Xi Jinping to the Kremlin – at the start of a two day visit. President Xi praised his Russian counterpart’s “strong leadership” and claimed the two countries shared some similar goals.
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China: on the brink of war with the US?
In today’s episode, Kiran Moodley speaks to Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford, about China’s growing frustration with Moscow and the likelihood of a new Cold War.
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Ukraine war: fighting intensifies as conflict enters second year
On the eve of the one-year anniversary of a war that few here thought would start, let alone grind on for so long at such cost, here the morning was interrupted by air raid sirens.
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China US diplomatic crisis deepens as second Chinese balloon discovered
Not one but two Chinese spy balloons have now been spotted – the first is now flying over the US state of North Carolina – and President Biden says the US will “take care of it”. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has confirmed that another one has been seen over Latin America. There’s been an apology from…
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US Secretary of State cancels China visit over alleged spy balloon
At first the Chinese refused to admit the balloon was theirs, then they said it was a meteorological airship that had blown off course.
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The end of Zero Covid in China – but not Xi
Beijing is easing restrictions – is that a victory for the people?
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Protesters demand President Xi resignation over China zero-Covid policy
In the last two days, demonstrations against Covid restrictions and daily testing have spread to streets and university campuses in Beijing Shanghai, Nanjing and Wuhan.
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Exclusive: At least 11 police forces in England and Wales supplied by China-owned CCTV firm whose technology is also used to monitor Uyghurs
Channel 4 News can exclusively reveal that the same Chinese company whose technology Beijing is using for the surveillance and oppression of its minority Uyghur community also provides surveillance technology to at least eleven police forces in England and Wales.
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Ukraine-Russia war: ‘The only viable solution is through diplomacy’, says Chinese Communist Party spokesman
We spoke to Victor Gao, a lawyer and academic who previously worked closely with the former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping.
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UN Uyghurs report does not reflect realities, says Chinese lawyer
The lawyer and academic Victor Gao, who previously worked closely with former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, joined us from Beijing.